Bottling-machine



(No Model.)

. J. K. NYE.

BOTTLING MACHINE.

No. 339,111. Patented Mar. 30, 1886.

llnTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH K. NYE, OF FAIRHAVEN, l\lA.SSAGl-IUSETTS.

BOTTLlNG-IVIACHINE.

IIYEFCIE I forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,111, dated March30,1886.

Application filed Dercmher T, 1885. Serial No. 184,902. (No model.)

To all 2072 0112 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Josnrrr K. NYE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fairhaven, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBottling-lllachines, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore in bottling-machines which are designed to fill a number ofbottles at the same time there have been no means provided to fill thebottles to the same uniform level when the bottles vary in capacity,which they always do in a greater or less degree.

The object of my improvement is to provide a machine by means of which anumber of bottles can be filled at the same time and to the same uniformlevel, although varying somewhat in capacity. I attain these objects bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure.l. is a front elevation of the machine, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged viewof a portion of the filling'chamber with one of the filling-tubesattached and entering the mouth of a bottle in the position it occupieswhen in operation.

In Fig. l the frame F is provided with the nut Z, in which works thehollow screw 7;. The screw is provided with the handles 0, by means ofwhich it is revolved.

Through the hollow screw it passes loosely the pipe 0/, the upper end ofwhich is provided with the cock (6, which is connected with thesupply-pipe a. The supply-pipe a is either flexible or so arranged thatit may have a vertical motion. Thepipe a is suspended by means of thesprings. To the lower end of the pipe (0 is attached the chamber 11,which is furnished with a number of filling-tubes, 0, equal to thenumber of bottles it is desired to fill at one time. The filling-tubesconsist of the tubes 0, having the orifices q and provided with theheads i, springs i, and sleeves m,with projections The cock (I isprovided with a small pipe, a, connecting the space above-and below itsvalve, which pipe is provided with a cock, 0.

The operation of the machine is as follows: A number of bottlescorresponding with the number of filling-tubes are placed on the rack1', which is then moved on the slides h until the mouths of the bottlesare just under the ends of the fillingtubcs. The chamber Z), to whichthe filling-tubes are attached, is then depressed by the hand until theends of the tubes enter the mouths of the bottles, when the hollow screwL is brought into requisition to still further depress the chamber 1)until the projections a: on the sleeves or bring up on the mouths of thebottles, and the sleeves m are forced upward on the tubes 0 sufiicientlyto expose the orifices q. The cock (1 is then opened, when the liquidflows from the supply-pipe through the pipe to into the chamber 1/, andfrom the chamber b into each of the filling-tubes, and through theorifices q into the bottles 5 The filling-tubes are projected into thebottles far enough so that the orifices q shall be below the level towhich it is desired to fill the same. Vhen the bottles are nearly full,the cock disclosed and the cock e opened, by means of which the flow ofliquid is more finely graduated, and the bottles are filled to therequired level without danger of run ning them over or getting too largea quantity in them. \Vhen the bottles are filled to the desired level,the cock 6 is closed. Now, if the bottles were all of exactly the samecapacity, the liquid would be at the same uniform level in each; butthey are not. They always vary in capacity more or less, andconsequently when the cock 6 is closed some of the bottles will benearer full than others; but as soon as the flow ceases the liquid inthe bottles begins to seek a uniform level, for each one of thefilling-tubes acts as one leg of a siphon with reference to every otherfilling-tube, and the liquid in the bottles is brought to the sameuniform level in a moment. The hollow screw 7; is then revolved by meansof the handles 0 in an opposite direction, when the tubes and chamberare raised by the action of the spring 8. The bottles are then removedto be corked, and a supply of empty ones substituted in their place tobe filled. A receptacle, 1), is placed under the rack 1', to catch anydrip which might take place from accident or carelessness.

Instead of the spring 8 for raising the chamber and tubes clear from thebottles, a lever and weight, or a cord, pulley, and weight, might beused without departing from my i11- vention; also, instead of using thehollow screw ICO In for depressing the chamber and tubes, a lever mightbe used without altering materially my invention.

The chamber Z) is provided with a drawoff tube, "0, which tube isfurnished with a stopcock at its lower end. Vhen, from the inattentionof the operative, the bottles are filled to a higher level than isdesired, the surplus can be drawn off by opening the stop-cock in thetube 1;, the tube 11 acting as the long leg of a siphon with referenceto the tubes 0.

In Fig. 3 is shown the construction of the rack a", which is composed ofwires stretched on a frame. The wires are placed sufficiently closetogether to steadily support the bottom of a bottle. The rank 1 isconstructed in this manner in order that when, as frequently happens, abottle is cracked and leaks the liquid may drop immediately to the panbelow without wetting the adjoining bottles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, IS--- 1. In a bottling-machine, the combination ofthe supply-pipe a, cock (I, having pipe 91 with cock 6, pipe a, chamberb, provided with tubes 0, with means to adj ustably suspend the same,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a bottling-machine, the combination of the supply-pipe a, cock at,pipe a, chamber b, tubes 0, having orifices q and heads 2' and providedwith springs t, and sleeve m, having projections x, and means to adjustably suspend the same, with hollow screw 70 and nut Z, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

3. In a bottling-machine, the combination of the supply-pipe a, cock (I,pipe a, chamber 1), provided with tubes 0, the draw-off tube 0, havingstop-cock w, with means to adj ustably suspend the same, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

4. In a bottling-machine, the combination of the supply-pipe a, cock d,pipe a, chamber 6, provided with tubes 0 and draw-off tube 12, and meansto adjustably suspend the same, with rack r, substantially as and forthe purpose shown and described.

JOSEPH K. NYE.

Vitnesses:

JOHN O. EATON, THos. M. JAMES.

